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BROOKLYN 


^^HE  former  city  of  Brooklyn,  now  a  borough  of  the  huge  metropolis  of  Greater  New  York,  is  situated  on 
the  western  end  of  Long  Island,  south  and  east  of  Manhattan  Island,  from  which  it  is  separated  by  the 
body  of  water  known  as  the  East  River.  This  great  borough  is  about  eight  miles  in  width  and  somewhat 
over  eleven  in  length,  and  includes  within  its  boundaries  about  seventy-eight  square  miles.  Only  Chicago,  New 
Orleans  and  Philadelphia  exceed  Brooklyn  in  area,  and  only  Manhattan,  Chicago  and  Philadelphia  have  more 
inhabitants  than  its  total  population  of  1,100,000. 

Brooklyn  was  first  settled  by  a  colony  of  the  Dutch  India  Company,  who  founded  the  village  of  "  Wallabogt," 
near  the  Navy  Yard,  but  the  settlement  received  later  the  name  of  "  Breucklyn,"  in  honor  of  an  old  Netherland 
city.  In  after  years  many  New  Knglanders  made  their  homes  here,  and  the  intellectual  and  literary  character  for 
which  the  city  has  long  been  famous  may  be  attributed  to  the  influence  of  their  posterity. 

Unlike  New  York,  Brooklyn  is  not  a  cosmopolitan  city.  It  has  rather  the  conservative  atmosphere  of  a  New 
Kngland  community.  The  greater  part  of  the  city  is  elevated  high  above  tide  water  and  the  streets  are  wide  and 
for  the  most  part  at  right  angles.  Thousands  of  men  in  various  walks  of  industry  on  Manhattan  Island  sleep 
and  keep  their  families  in  the  more  pleasant  surroundings  of  the  "City  of  Churches,"  a  well  deserved  name, 
when  it  is  realized  that  within  its  borders  are  about  five  hundred  houses  of  worship  and  almost  six  hundred 
thousand  members.    The  first  church  was  erected  in  1654. 

Brooklyn  is  noted  as  a  great  financial  center.  Its  sixteen  savings  banks  have  an  aggregate  deposit  of  nearly 
$200,000,000  and  its  eighteen  national  state  banks  a  surplus  of  $9,000,000  and  deposits  of  $50,000,000.  The 
total  assessed  valuation  is  over  $700,000,000. 

The  Park  System  of  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn  is  without  a  superior  in  the  world.  In  particular  the  great 
Prospect  Park  vies  with  Central  Park,  Manhattan,  and  with  Fairmount  Park,  Philadelphia,  for  the  first  honors  as 
the  most  beautiful  public  reservation  in  America. 

The  many  improvements  now  projected  in  the  shape  of  wonderful  bridges  and  tunnels  which  will  link  closer 
the  splendid  borough  with  its  sister  Manhattan  are  bound  to  make  the  city  still  greater  in  population  and  wealth 
in  the  immediate  future.  The  magnitude  of  the  coming  Brooklyn  of  this  century  cannot  be  forecasted  readily. 
The  city's  possibilities  are  illimitable.  It  is  destined  to  be  the  scene  of  great  industrial  and  commercial  enter- 
prises, without  any  sacrifice  of  the  unaffected  cast  of  its  intellectual  and  social  life.  It  is,  at  least,  safe  to 
prophesy  that  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn  will  eventually  be  the  greatest  part  of  the  most  marvelous  metropolis  the 
world  has  ever  seen. 

Published  by  L.  H.  NELSON  COMPANY,  Portland,  Maine, 
Proprietors  of  Nelson's  International  Series  of  Souvenir  Books. 

Copyright,  1905,  by  L.  H.  NELSON  COMPANY 


FULTON  STREET  FROM  TEMPLE  liAR  HUILDING 


I-  niton  Street  i«  the  main  artery  in  Hrooklyn,  running  f  rom  East  River  almost  to  tlie  farthest  limits  of  the  Borough.  Fulton  and  Catherine  ferries  and  the  great 
I  i  - 1  Kiwi  Hi  idge  land  ujion  this  lmsy  thoroughfare.  Many  of  the  finest  public  buildings  and  largest  business  edilioes  adorn  Fulton  Street.  From  the  towers  of 
tli.  Temple  li.ir  Itn ild mg  a  panorama  of  Hrooklyn  stretches  away  to  the  east,  showing  hundreds  of  notable  buildings  and  famous  streets,  the  centers  of  the  home 
life  and  business  activities  of  over  one  million  and  a  half  of  people. 


THE  PRINCIPAL  BUSINESS  SECTION 
In  the  center  of  this  view  towers  the  lofty  Temple  Bar  Building.    Nearby  is  the  Court  House,  the  scene  of  the  celebrated  "  Beechcr  Trial  "  aNo  the  Hall  of 
Records,  the  Mun.dpal  Building,  and  prominently,  the  Borough  Hall.    About  these  imposing  and  costly  structures  are  grouped  substantial  oftice  building 
banks,  theatres,  newspapers,  etc.,  while  for  a  dozen  blocks  above,  Fulton  Street  is  lined  with  scores  of  great  stores.    This  section  of  the  city  Is  beoomfau  more 
and  more  congested  from  the  demands  of  business  and  is  gradually  taking  on  an  appearance  similiar  to  the  lower  end  of  Manhattan 


THE  BROOKLYN  BRIDGE 

str.-nlies  Iroin  Km  I  ton  and  Sands  street*,  Brooklys,  to  opposite  City  Hall  Park,  New  York.  This  magnificent  bridge  was  begun  in  1S70  and  opened  to  the  public 
in  188.1.  Cost  $21,000,000.  It  consists  of  a  central  river  span  1,595  feet  long  and  two  land  spans,  with  a  total  length  between  terminals  of  7, r>80  feet  The  hridgeway 
lames  I « cable  and  two  trolley  car  tracks,  two  wagon  ways  and  a  footpath.  4.IMKI  cars  and  _',(KK)  vehicles  pass  east  and  west  every  day.  The  average  number  of 
l>  i".  tigers  in  twenty-four  hours  is  300,000.   It  is  estimated  that  about  5,000,000,000  people  have  used  this  bridge  since  it  was  opened. 


THK  WILLIAMSBURG  BRIDGE 

The  greatest  suspension  bridge  in  the  world  crosses  the  East  River  from  Broadway  (Williamsburg)  Brooklyn  to  the  Grand  Street  Kerry,  New  York.  It  is  a  steel- 
towered  suspension-cantilever  structure  with  a  length  of  7,200  feet  between  terminals.  The  towers  are  886  fert  high.  The  central  span  is  1,600  fret  long  and  188 
feet  above  the  middle  of  the  river.  The  bridgeway  is  IIS  feet  wide,  and  carries  four  trolley  and  two  cable  tracks,  two  roadways,  two  footpaths,  and  two  bicycle 
paths.    Estimated  cost,  about  SLU  ,000,000. 


MECHANICS  HANK 

'I  lu-  Itrong  institution,  located  on  the  corner  or  Court,  Montague  and  Fulton  streets, 
"  "  '"'""''■•I  "'  1  '  and  i-  the  strongest  state  hank  on  Long  [gland.  The  building 
is  especially  noted  for  the  perfect  style  of  its  architecture.  The  bank  has  a  capital 
.if  |600,000;  deposits,  $10,000,000. 


THE  THOMAS  JEFFERSON  BUILDING 
At.  Court  Square  near  Fulton  Street,  is  built  Of  brown  sandstone.    The  style  of 
architecture  is  florid  but  attractive.  A.  striking  bust  of  Thomas  Jefferson  is  mounted 
m  an  alcove  in  the  facade,   it  is  the  home  of  the  Kings  County  Democracy,  and  the 

Center  Ol  Democratic  energy  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn. 


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THE  TEMPLE  BAR  BUILDINc; 
Stands  on  Court  Street  at  the  northwest  corner  of  .loralemon  Street.     Built  of  gray 
stone  and  light  brick,  and  twelve  stories  high  with  flanking  towers,  it  is  the  pre- 
mier skyscraper  on  the  Brooklyn  side  of  the  Kast  River.   The  structure  was  erected 
In  1901  and  contains  over  two  hundred  offices. 


THE  FRANKLIN  TRl'ST  COMPANY 
This  nine-storied  office  building  at  the  corner  of  Montague  and  Clinton  streets  is  the 
home  of  the  Franklin  Trust  Company,  an  institution  with  a  capital  of  $l,om,iau, 
engaged  in  the  trust  and  banking  business.    The  building  is  a  most  sul>stantial 
structure  and  is  amply  provided  with  safe  and  storage  vault  facilities. 


THE  BROOKLYN  SAVINGS  BANK 

Tin-  i-  .mi-  oJ  tin-  lineal  Bai  Inga  lank  buildings  in  America,  located  ;it  the  corner  of  Pierrepont  and  Clinton  streets.  It  is  built  of  white  granite  with  a  bronze 
trimmed  tile  root.  The  Brooklyn  Savings  Bank  la  the  oldest  savings  institution  in  the  city.  It  has  now  about 70,000  depositors  ami  the  total  of  its  deposits  is 
alH.ul  $ W.ono.ooo.  mii.  ,  its  institution  in  1.VJ7,  this  Lank  has  had  over  Illo.iKHi  depositors  and  more  than  .•?'.'u(),(HM),0(K)  have  been  deposited.  It  has  paid  out  in  interest 
nearly  186,000,000. 


THK  ORPHKIM  THKATRK 


This  tint' theatre  building  is  located  at  the  corner  of  Fulton  Street  and  Rockwell  Place.  It  is  the  leading  house  devoted  to  vaudeville  in  the  city  of  Hrooklyn. 
The  building  is  a  handsome  structure  without,  and  the  auditorium  within  is  acknowledged  to  be  unsurpassed,  lor  stage  an  a  and  elegant  appointments,  by  any  of 
the  great  vaudeville  theatres  of  the  country. 


FREE  PUBLIC  BATH 
Thin  attractive  limestone  Btructurf;  with  marble  panels  is  on  Hicks  Street  near  De 
(Jraw  .Street.    It  is  one  of  the  live  interior  public  baths  Opened  in  1904.     It  is  fitted 
with  MM  Mid  DOt  and  cohl  water  shower  baths  ami  is  B  popular  institution  with  the 
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THE  HOTEL  MARGARET 
A  beautiful  modern  hotel  structure  of  ten  stories  located  at  Columbia  freights  and 
Orange  Street.    Conveniently  arranged  and  tire-proof.    Splendidly  equipped  and 
managed.     From  the  sun  parlor  in  the  upper  story  may  be  obtained  a  wonderful 
panoramic  view  of  New  York  City  and  Hay. 


13TH  REGIMENT  ARMORY 
Located  at  Sumner,  rutnani  ami  Jefferson  avenues.    This  tine  regimental  armory 
building  is  not  excelled  by  any  in  t lie  country .    It  is  the  home  of  a  famous  regiment, 
organized  in  1847,  which  lias  served  in  the  Civil  and  Spanish  Wars  and  during  several 
periods  of  domestic  disorder. 


■J.SD  RKCISIKM'  A BMOKH 
This  substantial  ami  well  equipped  armory  structure  is  at  Bedford  Avenue  on  the 
northwest  corner  of  Pacific  Street.   The  J:td  Regiment  served  during  the  Civil  War, 
in  the  draft  riots  of  '<J3,  and  was  under  arms  to  repress  disorders  in  lss",  lSr.',  ls9,r> 
and  1001.  The  '.'3d  sent  many  volunteers  to  the  Spanish  War. 


liOKOl  (JII  HALL,  FORMERLY  BROOKLYN  CITY  HALL 
Located  In  Oltg  Hall  Paris  at  Fulton,  Joralemon  and  Court  streets,  looking  south.   It  is  of  white  marble  in  Ionic  style  with  six  columns  supporting  the  root  of  the 
|,..rt  ico,  ui. I  .  ..in | 'i  i-<  -  three  stories  ami  a  basement.    The  building  contains  the  office  of  the  president  of  the  Borough  and  branch  olliccs  of  finance,  buildings, 
parks  and  other  departments  of  the  city  government.   A  Court  of  Special  Sessions  sits  here.    In  the  plaza  facing  liorough  Hall  stands  a  statue  of  Needier  by  John 
Q.  A.  Ward. 


BROOKLYN  PUBLIC  LIBRARY 


The  present  library  system  wa9  formed  by  the  consolidation,  in  Hn>f>,  of  the  Brooklyn  Public  Library  with  40,0(10  volumes  and  the  Brooklyn  Library  with  110,000 
volumes.  The  present  number  of  volumes  is  about  :soo,000  with  an  annual  free  circulation  of  about  l,2.">o,t>00  copies.  The  Public  Library  has  nineteen  branches. 
The  business  offices  are  at  20  Brevort  Place. 


HALL  OK  RECORDS 

Tbe  King!  County  Hall  of  RecortlH  at  Court  Scpiarc,  Fulton  and  Livingston  streets,  takes  rank  with  the  finest  municipal  buildings  in  the  country.  It  is  a 
splendid  White  marble  structure  built  in  classic  Renaissance  style.  The  building  rises  three  stories  above  the  ground  and  cost  fSTft.OOO.  It  contains  offices  Of  the 
Commissioner  Of  Records,  County  Register,  County  Clci  k  and  Surrogate.  Here  are  preserved  the  archives  ol  all  real  estate  transactions,  judgments,  wills,  execu- 
tions, etc.   One  department  is  continually  at  work  recopying  old  records. 


RAYMOND  STREET  .JAIL 

The  Kings  County  Jail  on  Raymond  Street,  between  Willoughby  and  De  Kail)  avenues,  is  a  massive  structure  built  of  gray  and  white  granite  in  Norman  style.  It 
IB  popularly  known  as  "  The  Raymond  Street  Jail."  It  is  here  that  persons  and  suspects  committed  by  the  city  courts  are  incarcerated.  The  Raymond  Street 
Jail  has  also  been  used  by  the  United  States  government  as  a  place  of  confinement  for  convicted  bank  defaulters. 


MAN  I 'A  L  TRAINING  HICH  SCHOOL 

This  modern  school  building  at  Seventh  Avenue  between  Fourth  and  Fifth  streets,  lias  no  superior  in  the  world.    It  is  a  tire-proof  building  of  modern  French 
II.  I,...--  in.  .  -tyl.'.  and  lias  rhemical  and  physical  laboratories,  a  printery  and  book  bindery,  forge  and  machine  shops.  Sewing  rooms,  kitchen  for  housekeeping 
course,  and  a  large  auditorium  and  a  lecture  room. 
2BOJ0QO  pupils  and  cost  over  $500,000  to  build. 


In  t  he  basement  is  a  dining  ro  ,  gymnasium  and  a  room  for  the  storage  of  bicycles.    The  building  uccom- 


Main  Building  Domestic  Art  Building  Library 

PRATT  INSTITUTE 

A  schoool  Of  science  anil  industrial  art  founded  by  tlie  late  Charles  l'ratt  in  1s,s7.  The  build  ing  i-  situated  in  Kyi-rxm  Street  between  I)e  Kalb  and  Willoughby 
avenues.  The  work  of  this  institution  comprises  a  high  school  course  and  classes  for  instruction  in  trading  and  ordinary  arts  for  both  sexes,  including  carpentry, 
building,  metal  work,  dress-making,  cooking,  drawing,  library  work,  etc..  and  for  the  training  of  teachers.  It  has  about  :t..riUO  students  and  1)0  instructors.  A 
new  library  and  art  building,  erec  ted  in  1S95  on  the  opposite  side  of  Ryerson  Street,  contains  sn.noo  volumes. 


METHODIST  El'lSCOl'AL  HOSPITAL 

At  Reventlt  A  \  <  •  1 1 1 1  r-  and  Sixtli  Street  stands  tlic  national  hospital  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  denomination,  founded  in  1881.  It  is  open  to  all  sick  without  dis- 
tinction of  race  or  creed.  Over  2,600  patients  are  carjd  for  annually  in  its  wards  and  rooms.  The  dispensary,  established  in  18!).r>,  treats  18,000  poor  patients 
yearly.  Tbe equipment Ol  this  institution  is  thoroughly  modern  in  every  respect,  and  it  bears  a  world-wide  reputation  as  a  comfortable  home  for  sick  or 
shattered  humanity.  The  Hospital  maintains  a  training  school  for  nurses. 


ST.  MARY'S  HOSPITAL 

A  splendid  Roman  Catholic  institution,  located  at  St.  Mark  and  Buffalo  avenues.  Patients  of  all  creeds  and  nations  r  ived  who  are  snfTerlng  fnmi  -conta- 
gions diseases.  A  dispensary  and  nurses'  training  school  are  attached  to  the  hospital.  The  othoprdic  department  In  particular  lias  won  buna  from  its  extraord- 
inary success  in  the  application  of  mechanical  remedies.   St.  Mary's  Hospital  was  founded  in  188-.'.   It  now  contains  two  hundred  and  thirty  heds, 


8T.  PH<1  BK'S  MISSION  HOUSE 
A  charitable  institution  located  at  IJ1  l>e  Kail)  Avenue,  opposite  Fort  Green  Place. 
St.  Phoebe's  Mission  was  founded  in  18-h.'{  by  A.  A.  Low,  as  the  headquarters  of  a 
moyoment  to  aid  the  sick  and  destitute  in  the  crowded  tenement  districts,  and  in 
the  many  hospitals  of  the  city.    Its  work  has  been  very  successful. 


THE  BROOKLYN  NAVAL  BRANCH,  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
At  li;7  Sands  Street  near  the  Navy  Yard  stands  the  substantial  structure  of  the  Naval 
Y.  M.  C.  A.,  a  gilt  or  Miss  Helen  M.  Gould.    This  institution  is  run  for  the  especial 
benefit  of  sailors  and  marines  in  the  United  States  Navy.    The  building  contains  a 
restaurant .  library,  gymnasium,  swimming-pool,  sleeping  apartments,  etc. 


HKECHKR  STATUE 

An  impressive  statue  of  Henry  Ward  Heeeher.  the  famous  Brooklyn  divine,  stands 
in  the  plaza  facing  the  Borough  Hall.  It  was  erected  in  1801  ami  is  a  masterpiece  of 
the  famous  sculptor,  John  (J.  A.  Ward.  The  statue  is  a  tribute  to  Mr.  Beecher's  in- 
valuable service  to  the  world  during  his  forty  years'  pastorate  of  Plymouth  Church. 


PLYMOUTH  C1U  KCH 

This  famous  edifice,  formerly  known  as  "  Beecher's  Church."  is  situated  on  Orange 
Street  between  Hicks  and  Henry  streets.  It  is  a  large  brick  building  finished  in 
simple  style  within  and  without,  seating  2,s00  persons.  Here  Mr.  Beecher  labored 
for  forty  years  and  was  succeeded  by  Dr.  Lyman  Abbott  and  later  by  Or.  Newell  I). 
H  ill  is. 


FAMOUS  HKOOKLYN  CHURCHES 
St.  Ann's  Episcopal,  Clinton  Street.  St.  Francis  Xavior  R  C.  Carroll  Street. 

St.  Augustine  i,R.  C.)  Sixth  Avenue. 


FAMOUS  BROOKLYN  CHURCHES 
Herman  Evangelical,  Schermerhorn  street.  Grace  Methodist  Episcopal, 

Baptist  Tabernacle,  Clinton  street. 


KAMOl'S  BROOKLYN  CHUBCHBS 
St.  Peter's.  State  Street.  (irace  Episcopal,  Hicks  Street.  Church  of  the  Redeemer,  Fourth  Avenue. 

St.  .John's  Episcopal,  St.  .John's  I'lace.  Reformed  C'Inirrh  on  the  Heights.  I'icrrepout  Street. 


GRANT  SQUARE,  BEDFORD  AVKNUK  Union  League  Club 

This  l.i  autilMl  -ouure  derives  its  name  from  tlx-  noble  bronze  statue  of  tlx-  Breat  general  which  stands  in  a  central  location,  a  gift  to  the  city  from  the  Union 
J-eague  Club.  It  represents  General  Grant  as  he  appeared  at  the  time  of  the  Battle  of  the  Wilderness  in  1864.  The  Union  League  Club,  organized  1*89,  is  the 
leading  Republican  social  organization.  The  club  house  is  one  or  the  most  attractive  in  the  city.  The  club  is  a  flourishing  body  with  a  membership  of  over 
eight  hundred. 


CLINTON  AVENl'K 


Which  extends  from  Flushing  Avenue  to  Atlantic  Avenue,  is  one  of  the  most  beautiful  and  interesting  of  the  many  tine  residential  streets  in  the  Borough  of 
Brooklyn.  Many  of  the  citizens  who  have  been  prominently  identified  with  the  city's  progress,  and  w  ho  have  won  fame  in  political,  business,  religious  or  philan- 
thropic circles  live  in  magnificent  homes  upon  this  tine  street.  Clinton  Avenue  is  esplanaded  upon  both  sides.  The  private  grounds  along  this  ideal  thorough- 
fare are  always  kept  in  superb  condition. 


UROOKLYN  N  A  \  V  Y  A  RD 

Tli''  mam  entrance  to  the  Navy  Varil  is  on  Navy  Street,  opposite  Sands  Street.  This  is  the  principal  naval  station  in  the  country  and  was  established  in  1801,  The 
grounds  embrace  a  total  area  of  144  acres  with  three  miles  of  water  front.  Over  I  wo  thousand  men  are  employed  here  constantly.  The  view  shows  the  Command- 
ant's ollice  w  itli  several  trophies  in  the  shape  of  captured  guns  and  mortars  taken  by  the  Navy  in  various  wars  displayed  in  a  little  park  nearby.  The  Navy  Yard 
is  under  the  command  id  a  Rear  Admiral  of  the  United  States  Navy.  The  "  officers'  quarters  "  are  located  in  an  impressive  line  of  old-fashioned  residences  along 
the  southern  side  of  the  enclosure. 


RECEIVING  SHIT  AT  NAVY  YARD 

There  are  two  portions  of  the  Navy  Yard  separated  by  the  deep  hay,  called  the  "  Wallahout."  The  Cob  Dock  Island,  of  nineteen  acres,  is  in  the  hay.  It  forms  an 
extensive  park-like  place  where  musters  and  drills  of  sailors,  marines  and  recruits  are  held.  On  the  outer  edge  of  Cob  Dock  is  the  old  frigate.  "  Vermont." 
now  a  receiving  ship.  Its  great  yellow  hulk  is  used  for  a  recruiting  station,  furnishing  depot  and  home  for  sailors  preparing  for  or  waiting  an  assignment  t<i 
service.   The  Cob  Dock  is  reached  from  the  main  yard  by  a  small  ferry-boat. 


A  SCENE  IN  THE  NAVY  YARD 

The  Yard  contains  immense  and  complete  facilities  for  the  construction  and  repair  of  ships  of  war.  There  are  buildings  for  foundries  ;  machine,  hoiler,  plumb- 
ing, painting,  hlacksmithing,  molding  and  cooperage  shops,  and  vast  store  houses.  Naval  ships,  transports,  torpedo  boats,  etc.,  are  always  lying  at  the  wharves 
in  and  out  of  commission  or  awaiting  repairs.  In  order  to  handle  tin-  huge  pieces  of  armor  plate,  machinery,  gun  carriages,  and  the  heavy  guns  themselves,  a 
great  one  hundred-ton  lifting  crane  has  been  installed.   The  railway  shown  in  the  view  is  for  the  purpose  of  transporting  heavy  material  to  points  needed. 


THK  DRY  DOCK  AT  NAVY  YARD 

The  most  remarkable  sights  at  the  Navy  Yard  are  the  great  dry  docks  of  which  there  are  three,  one  of  wood  and  two  of  stone.  The  largest  of  the  l.itti  r  i-  Cut*  feet 
long,  70  feet  wide,  lias  a  draft  of  29  feet,  and  cost  considerably  over  S_',00O,O00.  The  enormous  steam  pumps  connected  with  ill  is  dock  can  completely  empty  it  of 
water  in  about  four  and  one-half  hours,  thus  affording  speedy  repairs  below  the  waterline  to  any  vessel  in  the  service  from  a  tiny  submarine  to  a  gigantic  oattle- 
ship. 


THE  SUBMARINE  BOAT  "PLUNGER" 
The  lUbmarine  la  the  latest  an.l  most  Interesting  addition  to  the  fighting  force  of  a  modern  navy.  It  can  .sink  or  rise  at  will  by  taking  inboard  an  extra  weight  of 
-ur.-r  f..r  .1...  i,m  ,...r,..,s, and  forcibly  expelling  it  for  the  second.  The  interior  of  the  hull  is  a  mass  of  delicate  machinery  and  the  various  operations  of  the 
vessel  are  so  controlled  that  it  may  travel  upon  or  below  the  surface  of  the  sea.  Submarine  observations  are  conducted  by  means  of  the  periscope  an  arrange- 
ment which  tl.,..*.  ,  x  ,,w  „f  the  immediate  surface  of  the  sea  before  the  observer  below.  Duty  on  a  vessel  of  this  type  is  always  attended  with  more  or  less 
danger.  The    Plunger    was  the  vessel  selected  by  President  Roosevelt  for  his  submarine  voyage. 


TORPEDO  BOAT,  NAVY  YARD 


The  view  shows  the  stern  of  a  torpedo  boat,  one  of  the  dreaded  "  mosquitoes  of  the  sea."  From  the  torpedo  tube  mounted  on  the  deck  is  launched  the  mo»t 
deadly  weapon  of  modem  warfare.  The  torpedo  is  an  extraordinary  projectile,  so  arranged  that  its  movement*  may  l>e  controlled  by  proper  adjustment  of  the 
mechanism  before  shooting  from  the  tube.  Torpedo  boats  are  built  to  attain  high  speed  at  the  expense  of  everything  else.  They  do  not  War  the  reputation  of 
being  comfortable  ships  for  sea  service.  In  the  distance  may  he  seen  the  great  floating  crane  which  will  lift  and  swing  with  rase  a  hundn-d  ton  w.-ight.  Tlx- 
battleship  "  Massachusetts  "  is  on  the  right. 


tfONTAUK  CLI1H 

The  beautiful  building  of  the  tfontaull  Club,  located  at  Plaza  Circle,  Bigbtb  Avenue  and  Lincoln  Place,  is  a  striking  architectural  creation  of  yellow  brick  and 

terra  ootta  l.uilt  i.  H.-d  \  enetian  style  and  modelled  after  the  CaSa  d»OK>,  Venice.    The  building  was  dedicated  in  1801  and  is  the  home  of  an  organization 

numbering  lour  hundred  and  fifty  members,  instituted  in  1889.  The  interior  is  decorated  in  exquisite  taste.  A  ladies'  dining  room  and  a  large  ball  room  are 
especially  admired. 


THE  MIDYVOOI)  CUT! 

Took  its  name  from  "  Midwour."  the  Dutch  appellation  for  tin-  old  village  of  Klatbtisli.  The  roomy  ami  palatial  club  house  was  formerly  the  resilience  of  tin- 
Clarkson  family,  and  is  surrounded  by  three  acres  of  well-kept  grounds.  The  Midwood  Club  was  organized  in  1S89  and  has  .1  im  inber-hip  of  ••ver  one  hundred.  It 
enjoys  a  w  ide  reputation  for  the  select  quality  of  its  social  entertainments. 


THK  CKKMAMA  CUB 
An  organ  izat i"ii  wit li  .1  membership  of  over  two  hundred  and  fifty,  was  organized  in 
for  tin-  purpose  !■!  promoting  social  intercourse  and  the  cultivation  of  the  Ger- 
man language.    Few  organizations  of  this  character  have  had  a  more  successful 
existence.   The  tine  building  contains  a  large  hall  room  and  theatrical  hall. 


THE  BROOKLYN  CLUB 
One  of  the  oldest  in  Brooklyn,  organized  in  in  l*f>5,  is  housed  in  a  solid  Structure  Of 
brick  and  brownstone  at  the  corner  of  Pierrepont  and  Clinton  streets.  Many  of  the 
leading  citizens  who  have  been  famous  in  the  city's  political  history  have  been 
associated  with  this  organization.  Its  record  has  been  one  of  unvarying  progress 
and  it  now  has  a  membership  of  nearly  live  hundred. 


Lake  at  Prospect  Park  OCEAN  PARKWAY  G  ATK,  I'ROSl'KCT  PARK 

At  the  junction  of  Parkside  and  Coney  Island  avenues  stands  the  Southern  Gateway  of  Prospect  Park.  The  noble  bronze  group  of  rearing  u  1 1 •  I  hcirses  are  sup- 
ported by  granite  pedestals.  Here  begins  the  Ocean  Parkway  which  runs  straightaway,  with  the  exception  of  one  turn.  .1 1  >i >•  >- 1  mx  ami  mil-  hull  mili-s  in  Itrightnn 
Reach,  Coney  Island.  The  Lake  in  Prospect  Park  covers  an  area  of  sLxty-one  acres.  In  summer  it  a  Herds  tine  npportunitie>  lor  boating  and  in  winter  1-  given  up 
entirely  to  skating.   Many  swans  and  other  water  fowl  are  kept  on  this  lake. 


MAIN  ENTRANCE  TO  PROSPECT  PARK 
Prospect  Park  lies  upon  the  high  ground  In  the  rear  of  the  city  and  overlooks  .South  Brooklyn  and  New  York  Harbor  on  one  side  and  the  Atlantic  Shore  toward 
roin-j  Island  on  the  other.  This  great  park  rivals  Central  I'ark  in  size  and  is  considered  by  many  to  be  the  more  beautiful  of  the  two.  The  area  of  ground  within 
it  -  hunts  includes  live  hundred  and  sixteen  acres.  Near  the  center  of  the  Plaza  in  the  rear  of  the  Memorial  Arch  is  a  fountain  provided  with  apparatus  for  electri- 
cal ilium  mat  ion.  .Much  of  the  battle  of  Long  Island  in  1770— a  fierce  struggle  between  the  British  and  Continentals— was  fought  upon  ground  now  a  part  of  Pros- 
pect Park. 


FI.ATM'SH  AVKXl'K  KNTKANTK.  i'l.OSl'KCT  PAliK 
At  Hat  bus  h  Avenue  and  Mallione  Street  is  located  one  of  the  entrances  to  the  great  I'ai  k,  particularly  admired  lor  its  ai eh iteet ural  simplicity.     It  leads  •  t ■  r •  i  tl\ 
to  an  interesting  section  of  the  enclosure  where  the  trees  and  shrubbery  grow  in  rich  profusion  along  many  delightful  drives.  Much  of  the  popularity  of  1'rospict 
Park  is  due  to  the  privilege  accorded  to  all  to  run  about  on  the  grass  almost  everywhere  or  to  wander  through  the  thickets  at  w  ill.    On  certain  lawns  hundreds  of 
young  people  congregate  on  holidays  to  play  tennis,  croquet,  cricket  and  baseball,  while  thousands  of  lazier  mortals  lounge  upon  the  cool  graasy  sloties. 


IN  PROSPECT  PARK 


The  drive*  in  the  park  extend  a  distance  ol  over  eight  miles  ami  then-  are  also  three  and  one-hall  miles  of  bridle-paths,  besides  many  well-kept  pathways  and 
ramble*  for  pedestrians,  lined  with  line  trees  and  lawns  and  amply  supplied  with  drinking  fountains,  rest-houses,  arbors,  etc.,  extending  for  over  fourteen 
miles.  All  the  hridgework  and  roadways  in  the  park  are  built  in  a  most  substantial  manner  and  in  thoroughly  artistic  style.  Some  of  the  foremost  designers 
and  landscape  gardeners  of  America  have  put  their  best  work  into  the  development  of  this  magniliccnt  park. 


TEH  HACK.  FORT  (iRKKNK  I'AKK 


Between  Myrtle  anil  DeKalb  avenues,  Raymond  Street  and  Washington  Park,  are  thirty  aeres  of  elevated  plateau  known  i~  ••  Fort  < ,  reene  Park."  Itn  gently  roll- 
ing surf  are  is  handsomely  laid  out  in  walks  and  lawns,  and  is  surrounded  I  >y  a  stone  wall .  It  was  the  -ite  ol  e  \  tensive  earthworks  during  the  Revolutionary  War. 
At  the  corner  of  .M\ rtle  A  venue  and  St.  Kdwai  d's  Street  is  a  sii  u's  of  tiTraees  in  w  Inch  is  huilt  t  lie  tomb  ol  the  unfortunate  patriot  prisoners  who  died  in  the 
Kritish  ship  "  Jersey,"  moored  in  the  Fast  River  during  the  l!e\olut  ionary  War.    At  the  foot  of  the  terraces  i»  .1  large  PI.1/.1 


DREAMLAND  PLAZA,  CONEY  ISLAND 
I  n 'Mm  I. hi. I  fronts  mi  tin-  ocean  Hide  of  Coney  Island.   Here  immense  sums  have  been  expended  to  complete  one  of  the  most  costly  amusement  resorts  in  America. 
A  tall  Heacon  Tower,  :j75  feet,  high,,  dominates  the  architectural  scheme.     It  is  illuminated  nightly  by  100,000  electric  lights  and  can  be  seen  for  .TO  miles.  No 
promenade  in  Dreamland  is  less  than  .71  feet  wide  and  the  enclosure  will  accommodate  2.71,000  people. 


LAliOON  AT  NKiHT.  LUNA  I'AKK,  CONKY  ISI.AXH 
At  night  tliis  magic  city  l>y  the  sea  is  brilliantly  lighted  l>y  more  than  T.Vl.OOO  electric  lamps.    The  grounds  are  as  light  as  noonday  and  tin-  BpeOtMOlM  illumuia- 
tion  of  the  unique  architecture  all'ords  a  scene  of  grandeur  and  beauty.    Here  the  possibilities  of  electric  lighting  have  received  theil  fullest  derelopmeat. 
Whether  upon  slender  shaft,  minaret  or  pagoda,  they  gleam  and  twinkle  with  the  bright  lamps  worked  into  every  imaginable  design  in  a  profusion  both  lavish 
and  artistic.   It  is  hard  to  say  whether  Luna  Park  is  more  beautiful  by  day  or  when  sparkling  with  a  myriad  of  electric  lights. 


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SKY  LINE  AND  HIRD'S-EYE  VIEW  OF  CONEY  ISLAND 
Tin-  sky  line  nl  Coney  Island  lias  been  transformed  during  the  last  lew  years  and  would  hardly  he  recognized  now*  by  one  familiar  with  its  appearance  ten  years 
ago.  A  bird's-eye  view  presents  a  bewildering  mass  of  towers,  pinnacles,  cupolas,  etc.,  of  the  various  attractions.  The  new  Coney  Island  resembles  one  of  the 
great  World's  Fairs  in  the  magnitude  of  its  artistically  designed  structures  and  in  the  lavish  decoration  of  the  amusement  palaces  which  adorn  its  streets.  It  is 
a  gorgeous  monument  of  what  man  can  do  with  wood  and  iron  or  stone  and  stair,  charmingly  picturesque  by  day  and  a  brilliant  wonderland  of  electric  illumina- 
tion by  night. 


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